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Wise Scholars Inc.

Inspection · 2024-08-16

Date
2024-08-16
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Trisha Brown
(757) 404-2601
SHSIA monitoring inspection of an approved subsidy vendor to determine compliance with current subsidy requirements regarding the health and safety of children and to promote quality standards for the children in their care.
No

Areas Reviewed

8VAC20-780 Administration.
8VAC20-780 Staff Qualifications and Training.
8VAC20-780 Physical Plant.
8VAC20-780 Staffing and Supervision.
8VAC20-780 Programs.
8VAC20-780 Special Care Provisions and Emergencies
8VAC20-780 Special Services.
8VAC20-820 THE LICENSE.
8VAC20-820 THE LICENSING PROCESS.
8VAC20-820 HEARINGS PROCEDURES.
8VAC20-770 Background Checks (8VAC20-770)
20 Access to minor?s records
22.1 Background Checks Code, Carbon Monoxide
63.2 Child Abuse & Neglect

Inspector Notes

An unannounced, on-site renewal inspection was initiated and completed on August 16, 2024. The on-site inspection began at 9:20am and ended at 11:40am. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 74 children present and 16 staff. The inspector reviewed 5 children?s records and 6 staff records on-site. This inspection included .
? document review
? tour of the facility,
? interviews and
? observations

Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance with applicable standards or law, and violations are documented on the violation notice issued to the program.

Please complete the plan of correction (POC) and date to be corrected sections for each violation cited on the violation notice. Specify how the deficient practice will be or has been corrected. Submit your POC within five (5) business days from today, which will be the close of business on August 23, 2024. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website

Violations

3
Standard 8VAC20-780-270-A
Based on observation and interview the center failed to ensure that areas are maintained in clean and safe condition.
Evidence:
1 - In the two year old the direct access to the door leading to outside was blocked by a safety gate preventing direct egress in the event of an emergency.
2 - The cage for pet parrot in the three/four year old room is set up in such a way that children have direct access to the bird droppings.
Plan of Correction: The gate blocking the egress in the two year old was removed during the inspection. Staff will be informed that either another method to close the learning centers or the gate will be arranged in such a way that it does not block the egress.

A safety gate will be placed around the bird cage so that children are not able to reach the bird droppings.
Standard 8VAC20-780-280-B
Based on observation and interview the center failed to ensure that hazardous substances are kept in locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children.
Evidence:
1 - One out of five classroom observed there were unlocked chemicals in one classroom, the toddler room.
a. There were two play bottles containing cleaning and sanitizing chemicals stored on a floor level shelf in a cabinet. This shelf is accessible to the children present in the classroom.
2 - Staff #1 confirmed that cabinet was unlocked and chemicals were within reach of children on the lower shelf inside.
Plan of Correction: Corrected during the inspection. Center management reminded staff that the cabinet in question must be locked at all times. Furthermore, management stated that staff will be written up as they have been told repeatedly to keep chemicals locked up when not in use.
Standard 8VAC20-780-570-K
Based on observation and interview the center failed to ensure that staff feed semisolid food with a spoon.
Evidence:
1 - The bottles of Child #1 contained formula and what appeared to cereal. There were four full bottles with the mixture and one nearly empty bottle with residue of formula and cereal.
a. confirmed that the child consumed the mixture in the nearly empty bottle.
2 - Staff #2 confirmed that there was a mixture of formula and cereal in the bottle.
Plan of Correction: Corrected during the inspection. New bottles with just formula were provided to the center during the inspection.
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